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- : it-- ti M-ir'fV .-iVf1'- ' - i--''-. j--. See her jump. Track and field athletes have a great ability to bend. to- , . . 1 Is' 1 .. , ' j Wednesday, April 15, 1998 www.weber.edusignpost Volume 60 Number 70 See sports page 8 Senate passes six bills after lengthy debates By Kari Lynn Harland campus affairs editor-The Signpost The Weber State University Student Senate meeting held Monday became lively when issues such as student access to teacher evaluations and inter-library loans were discussed, and in the process, six bills were-passed. RS98-1 4, co-sponsored by Roque Manzanares and Robert Brito, which calls for privacy of student records and information passed unanimously. Student records are protected by both the federal Family Educational Right to Privacy Act and the Utah Government Records Access and Management Act, but Manzanares felt it wasn't being enforced properly. Bell tolls against ASWSU senate, campaign signs i. y . ! ittH it Nfk I - i.ifMJiiUAllTiN TBI Students find themselves attending classes in a plywood forest, which will grow next week when candidates for all 20 ASWSU Executive and Senate positions begin their campaigns. WSU's learning-disabled population on increase By Julie Calder news writer-The Signpost The number of Weber State University students with learning disabilities is increasing, according to Don Guthrie, a disability services specialist at the Center for Students with Disabilities. "The number goes up all the time," Guthrie said. Nationally, the number of disabled students on campuses comprise 12 percent of the student population, he said. In August 1 997, the center took a head count of the number of students using the services the center provides. Guthrie, who completes the intake report on new students to review the documentation and evaluates requests for accommodation, said the number of learning-disabled students at WSU has increased from the August 1997 report. The report indicated 523 disabled inside post neWS seepage 2&3 The bill calls for a plan to eliminate anonymous accessing of student records and information, and that WSU cease using Social Security numbers as student ID numbers by issuing new student ID numbers. Manzanares said the most efficient way to change over to alternate student ID numbers is to have them issued to incoming freshmen and transfer students. Current students could change their ID numbers unless they receive financial aid. "What we still need is something that tells us why someone is accessing a student record and who is it that accessed it," Manzanares said. . The bill was well accepted by both the senators and the Associated Students of WSU president, A A Learning 4 j 4pADisabilities in Higher Ed. Signpost Series Part 2 of 5 students asked for center assistance. Of that number, 212 were students with a learning disability. The report doesn't account for the number of disabled students on campus who haven't contacted the center. Grant Child, a disability services specialist, has also noticed the increase in the number of the learning-disabled students at WSU. Guthrie attributes the increase to two tilings: first, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which pro-See Increase page 8 editorial see page 4 Aaron Campbell. "We really need to support this on our campus, so I'm in favor of this bill," Campbell said. RS98-1 5, the bill for operation and maintenance funding forhigher-education buildings sponsored by Brito, was passed with only one opposed. The bill calls for reassessment of maintenance costs for buildings on campus not funded by student fees. The argument was that it is less expensive to fund the maintenance of a building rather than wait until major reconstruction is needed. "There is no money in the budget for maintenance for E&G education and general buildings. Because we fund E&G buildings with taxpayers' money, there is no requirement that a fl: F0R Traditional Senator WEE Who's afraid of the big bad IRS? Like Cinderella, many people will be scrambling to meet a midnight deadline tonight. Beta Alpha Psi member Eli Willis looks over WSU student Danny Titensor's 1 998 tax return. features see page 6 "We have to pick our baffles when we go to the Legislature we can 7 just give them a whole bunch of things and say we'd like you to fund it all" Aaron Campbell, ASWSU President we have an equivalent R&R repair and replacement budget for those buildings," said Marie Kotter, vice president of student services.. "And By Angela Wadman news editor-The Signpost With elections here and signs displayed all over campus, a Weber State University student is asking that the senate be banished. Senior Kevin Bell wants to kick out the senate and replace it with online voting. Bell said the campaign practices at WSU are based on name recognition and sound bytes rather than information or logic. "Every year we have these condescending signs. They are not based on logic. They've got to go. Kick out the senate and put the issues online," he said. He cringes every time he sees the various campaigning signs. SpOftS see page 10 , 4.. V 'or m. jib.. in times of budget cuts, we don't maintain as well as we should the See Senate page 9 More election coverage-inside in the Features section, see who's running where and when to vote See pages 6&7 "There is no reason to have those signs. I feel like I'm at pre-school. Who are any of us to stand around and look at bees? We should be vandalizing things. We should tear these stupid things up." Bell said by putting the issues on online and letting the student body vote instead of a select few, diversity would come to WSU and the whole campus would be represented. See Bell page 9 classifieds . . . .see page 7 7

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- : it-- ti M-ir'fV .-iVf1'- ' - i--''-. j--. See her jump. Track and field athletes have a great ability to bend. to- , . . 1 Is' 1 .. , ' j Wednesday, April 15, 1998 www.weber.edusignpost Volume 60 Number 70 See sports page 8 Senate passes six bills after lengthy debates By Kari Lynn Harland campus affairs editor-The Signpost The Weber State University Student Senate meeting held Monday became lively when issues such as student access to teacher evaluations and inter-library loans were discussed, and in the process, six bills were-passed. RS98-1 4, co-sponsored by Roque Manzanares and Robert Brito, which calls for privacy of student records and information passed unanimously. Student records are protected by both the federal Family Educational Right to Privacy Act and the Utah Government Records Access and Management Act, but Manzanares felt it wasn't being enforced properly. Bell tolls against ASWSU senate, campaign signs i. y . ! ittH it Nfk I - i.ifMJiiUAllTiN TBI Students find themselves attending classes in a plywood forest, which will grow next week when candidates for all 20 ASWSU Executive and Senate positions begin their campaigns. WSU's learning-disabled population on increase By Julie Calder news writer-The Signpost The number of Weber State University students with learning disabilities is increasing, according to Don Guthrie, a disability services specialist at the Center for Students with Disabilities. "The number goes up all the time," Guthrie said. Nationally, the number of disabled students on campuses comprise 12 percent of the student population, he said. In August 1 997, the center took a head count of the number of students using the services the center provides. Guthrie, who completes the intake report on new students to review the documentation and evaluates requests for accommodation, said the number of learning-disabled students at WSU has increased from the August 1997 report. The report indicated 523 disabled inside post neWS seepage 2&3 The bill calls for a plan to eliminate anonymous accessing of student records and information, and that WSU cease using Social Security numbers as student ID numbers by issuing new student ID numbers. Manzanares said the most efficient way to change over to alternate student ID numbers is to have them issued to incoming freshmen and transfer students. Current students could change their ID numbers unless they receive financial aid. "What we still need is something that tells us why someone is accessing a student record and who is it that accessed it," Manzanares said. . The bill was well accepted by both the senators and the Associated Students of WSU president, A A Learning 4 j 4pADisabilities in Higher Ed. Signpost Series Part 2 of 5 students asked for center assistance. Of that number, 212 were students with a learning disability. The report doesn't account for the number of disabled students on campus who haven't contacted the center. Grant Child, a disability services specialist, has also noticed the increase in the number of the learning-disabled students at WSU. Guthrie attributes the increase to two tilings: first, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which pro-See Increase page 8 editorial see page 4 Aaron Campbell. "We really need to support this on our campus, so I'm in favor of this bill," Campbell said. RS98-1 5, the bill for operation and maintenance funding forhigher-education buildings sponsored by Brito, was passed with only one opposed. The bill calls for reassessment of maintenance costs for buildings on campus not funded by student fees. The argument was that it is less expensive to fund the maintenance of a building rather than wait until major reconstruction is needed. "There is no money in the budget for maintenance for E&G education and general buildings. Because we fund E&G buildings with taxpayers' money, there is no requirement that a fl: F0R Traditional Senator WEE Who's afraid of the big bad IRS? Like Cinderella, many people will be scrambling to meet a midnight deadline tonight. Beta Alpha Psi member Eli Willis looks over WSU student Danny Titensor's 1 998 tax return. features see page 6 "We have to pick our baffles when we go to the Legislature we can 7 just give them a whole bunch of things and say we'd like you to fund it all" Aaron Campbell, ASWSU President we have an equivalent R&R repair and replacement budget for those buildings," said Marie Kotter, vice president of student services.. "And By Angela Wadman news editor-The Signpost With elections here and signs displayed all over campus, a Weber State University student is asking that the senate be banished. Senior Kevin Bell wants to kick out the senate and replace it with online voting. Bell said the campaign practices at WSU are based on name recognition and sound bytes rather than information or logic. "Every year we have these condescending signs. They are not based on logic. They've got to go. Kick out the senate and put the issues online," he said. He cringes every time he sees the various campaigning signs. SpOftS see page 10 , 4.. V 'or m. jib.. in times of budget cuts, we don't maintain as well as we should the See Senate page 9 More election coverage-inside in the Features section, see who's running where and when to vote See pages 6&7 "There is no reason to have those signs. I feel like I'm at pre-school. Who are any of us to stand around and look at bees? We should be vandalizing things. We should tear these stupid things up." Bell said by putting the issues on online and letting the student body vote instead of a select few, diversity would come to WSU and the whole campus would be represented. See Bell page 9 classifieds . . . .see page 7 7